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- in the United States, a security issued by states, local governments, and municipalities to pay for special projects such as highways
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- IRS playing hardball on abusive municipal bond deals.(TAX EXEMPTS)(tax policy of Internal Revenue Service)(Brief Article)
- The Service is playing hardball on abusive municipal bond deals: The Service is playing hardball on abusive municipal bond deals:
- Research articles 2005-05-20
- IRS Power to Tax Holders of Tax-exempt Bonds Upheld.(Originated from The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Calif.)
- Nov. 23--For municipal bond investors, the message from a recent U.S. Tax Court ruling involving securities issued by the Riverside County Housing Authority was an all too sobering one: Nov. 23--For municipal bond investors, the message from a recent U.S. Tax Court ruling involving securities issued...
- Research articles 1995-11-22
- Top 25 tax-exempt bond funds ranked by performance.
- Top 25 tax-exempt bond funds ranked by performance Fund name Fund family ...
- Research articles 2001-12-17
- Dupont Direct announces signing of NAFSCO as advisor to Kayenta, Arizona for first Navajo Township Tax Exempt Municipal Bond Issue
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- Research articles 2000-04-24
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- M&T Securities Inc. of Baltimore acquires two municipal bond funds
- M&T Securities Inc., of Baltimore, a broker-dealer subsidiary of M&T Bank, announced it has acquired two municipal bond funds from Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group Inc. The addition of the FBR Maryland Tax-Free Portfolio now called the MTB Maryland Municipal Bond Fund and the FBR Virginia Tax-Free Portfolio (now the MTB...
- Research articles 2006-02-28
- Morgan Stanley Insured Municipal Bond Trust Today Declared a Monthly Income Dividend from Tax-Free Income
- NEW YORK -- Morgan Stanley Insured Municipal Bond Trust today declared a monthly income dividend of $.05 per share from tax-free income.RECORD DATE < PAYABLE DATE 10/24/08 < 10/31/08 Morgan Stanley Insured Municipal Bond Trust is a closed-end diversified management investment company investing...
- Research articles 2008-10-14
- Eldredge to Head Municipal Bond Area at Voyageur
- MINNEAPOLIS--BUSINESS WIRE--March 19, 1996--Voyageur Fund Managers Inc. announced today that Steven P. Eldredge will head the municipal bond portfolio management area of the Voyageur Companies.Eldredge assumes responsibility for all of the municipal bond management activities for the Voyageur family of 30 tax free municipal bond mutual funds and for Voyageur's...
- Research articles 1996-03-19
- Fitch Rates Maine Municipal Bond Bank $52.2MM Revs 'AAA'
- CHICAGO -- Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AAA' rating to the Maine Municipal Bond Bank's bond bank $52.2 million 2008 series A and B bonds. The bonds are expected to sell during the week of April 14 via negotiation. In addition, Fitch affirms the ratings on approximately $933 million of the...
- Research articles 2008-04-08
- PRENTICE HALL PUBLISHES NEW MULTIMEDIA REFERENCE ON MUNICIPAL BOND TAX ISSUES
- Prentice Hall Law & Business (Englewood Cliffs, NJ) has published "Federal Taxation of Municipal Bonds," a new six-volume reference, including text and computer discs, for research on municipal bond issues. A subscription to the new referPrentice Hall Law & Business (Englewood Cliffs, NJ) has published "Federal...
- Research articles 1993-11-16
- Municipal Bond
- This tutorial articulates about Municipal bond. Municipal bonds, sometimes referred to as "munis", are debt securities issued by a state, municipality or county, to finance its capital expenditures. Such expenditures might include the construction of highways, bridges or schools. Munis are bought for their favorable tax implications and are popular...
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- Examinations of municipal bond issuers turning ugly.(AUDITS)
- Examinations of municipal bond issuers are turning ugly. IRS has started going after holders when it can't reach a deal with an issuer after violations of the tax-exempt bond rules are alleged. Usually, the Service lets the issuer pay a fine so the tax-exempt...
- Research articles 2005-11-18
- Municipal Bond Fund ?Swan Dive?
- Investors have traditionally bought municipal bond funds for income purposes. The tax-exempt status provides real appeal and the default rate on municipals has always been exceptionally low. Against that backdrop, ‘munis’ have always proven to be less volatile than equities and many other sectors of the bond market ....
- External links 2009-10-14
- First-time bond market opens for small investors; Seattle City Light Minibonds go on sale, utility's municipal bond rating of AA also upheld
- SEATTLE--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 18, 1995--Beginning Thursday, Sept. 21, through Oct. 4, Washington state residents have a first-time opportunity to purchase Seattle City Light Minibonds.The municipal utility's tax-exempt Minibonds are available in $500 increments with maturity dates of three, five, seven and 10 years. The interest rates are as follows: ...
- Research articles 1995-09-18
- GFOA/MBIA 1997 survey on revenue collection practices in state and local governments. (Government Finance Officers Association; Municipal Bond Insurance Association)
- How do state and local officials collect the revenues necessary to provide vital public services? What steps have they taken to improve these practices? How do they use technology to assist in their efforts? What innovations have they used, either through privatization of the collection process...
- Research articles 1998-03-01
- Should I Buy A Zero Coupon Bond?
- This calculator compares two bond investments buying a bond at a substantial discount to par value and receiving no coupon (a zero-coupon bond), and buying a bond with a coupon. User can select a Treasury security, corporate bond or municipal bond. Treasury securities are exempt from state income taxes. Municipal...
- Tools & templates 2008-01-01
- Aquila Investment Management Praises Supreme Court Ruling on Municipal Bonds as Victory for States and Shareholders
- NEW YORK -- Aquila Investment Management LLC, adviser to a family of seven single-state tax-free municipal bond funds, today applauded the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Kentucky v. Davis, which upheld the right of states to tax interest on out-of-state municipal bonds while exempting their own bond interest from...
- Research articles 2008-05-19
- Earn Tax-Free Income With Municipal Bonds
- Nobody likes to pay taxes. That's why investors naturally are interested in earning tax-free income. Municipal bond issues are a very popular way to earn tax-free income and, if income is reinvested, achieve tax-free compounding of returns. Municipal bonds (also known as "Munis") are fixed-income investments that can provide higher...
- White papers 2008-01-01
- How Prevalent Is Tax Arbitrage? Evidence From the Market for Municipal Bonds
- Although tax arbitrage is central to the literatures on tax capitalization, implicit taxes, and even capital structure, there is little empirical evidence of the extent to which firms actually engage in tax arbitrage. This paper provides some evidence on the topic by focusing on a simple and observable corporate arbitrage...
- White papers 2002-08-01
- Fitch Ratings Unveils Rating Framework for Municipal CDOs
- Business Editors NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--May 23, 2002 Fitch Ratings this week unveiled a framework for rating collateralized debt obligations CDOs structured to include U.S. municipal bond obligations. Although there are currently none of these structures on the market, a municipal CDO would be the next logical step in...
- Research articles 2002-05-23
- Insured Municipal Bonds
- Municipal bonds historically have been an exceptionally safe and tax-favored investment. And they're even more attractive when they're insured — that is, when scheduled interest and principal payments are guaranteed by Triple-A rated municipal bond insurers. Municipal bond insurance protects investors primarily in two ways. Occasionally, cities or states that...
- White papers 2003-01-01
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